Religion and Science

Barbour, Ian G. Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. Useful general introduction and classification of science-religion relationships.

Brooke, John Hedley. Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Very important account of the diverse relationships between sciences and theology.

Haught, John F. God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 2000. Good exploration of the issues evolution raises for theology.

Murphy, Nancey, and George F. R. Ellis. On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 1996. Important coupling of this sort of theology with ethics.

Peacocke, Arthur. Paths from Science Towards God: The End of All Our Exploring. Oxford: Oneworld, 2001. Summary of Peacocke's long investigation of this field and its implications for Christian theology.

Peters, Ted, and Gaymon Bennett, eds. Bridging Science and Religion. London: SCM Press, 2002. Considers several key areas mentioned above and also Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

Polkinghorne, John. The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1994. Perhaps the clearest communicator on the relation of physical science to classical Christian faith.

Richardson, W. Mark, and Gordy Slack, eds. Faith in Science: Scientists Search for Truth. New York and London: Routledge, 2001. Fascinating account by scientists from a variety of faith positions.

Rolston, Holmes, III. Genes, Genesis, and God. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Important critique of sociobiological understandings of human being.

Russell, Robert J., William R. Stoeger, and George V. George, eds. Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding. Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory, 1988.

Russell, Robert J., et al., eds. Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory and Berkeley, Ca.: Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1995. See also other titles in the Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action series, edited by Robert J. Russell et al. An outstanding set of resources at advanced level for understanding divine action debate.

Southgate, Christopher, ed. God, Humanity, and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion. 2nd ed. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 2003. See especially the foreword by van Huyssteen, chapter 7 on divine action, and chapter 9 on Islamic science.

Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel, ed. Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2003. Key resource across the field.